(ASSIGNMENT/CALENDAR EDITORS: The North Carolina Awards will be presented at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8, at the Sheraton Imperial in Research Triangle Park. The dinner and presentation ceremony require tickets. There will be a photo opportunity with...

(Raleigh) Gov. Mike Easley today proposed that the long-running school funding lawsuit known as Leandro be "fast tracked" straight to the Supreme Court and that state officials cooperate with the trial judge awaiting final ruling.

(Raleigh, N.C.) Gov. Mike Easley today followed the overwhelming recommendation of the practicing attorneys in Harnett, Johnston, and Lee counties by naming assistant District Attorney Addie M. Harris Rawls to be a District Court judge. Rawls will...

(Raleigh, N.C.) Gov. Mike Easley today named Jane Powell Gray to be a Wake County District Court judge. He also appointed John O. "Joe" Craig, III of High Point to the Superior Court bench in Guilford County. Beth Spencer Dixon and Addie M. Harris...

(Raleigh, N.C.) Governor-Elect Michael F. Easley today announced several key members of his policy office.
Alan Hirsch will serve as the Director of Policy. Hirsch is currently serving as a Special Deputy Attorney General for the Consumer...

(Raleigh, NC) Cabinet secretaries responsible for protecting the environment, promoting cultural assets and administering State-government operations were sworn in today in a ceremony at the State Capitol in Raleigh.
Secretary of Cultural Resources...

(Raleigh, NC) Departmental secretaries charged by Gov. Mike Easley with fighting crime, maintaining safe communities and ensuring public safety today became the first Cabinet officers to receive the oath of office to serve the people of North...

(Raleigh, NC) Gov. Mike Easley today praised the General Assembly for passing a balanced 2001-2003 biennium budget and said he will sign the measure into law next week, preserving North Carolina's investments in education and economic development.

(Raleigh, NC) Gov. Mike Easley today presented a two-year balanced budget to the General Assembly focused on closing the achievement gap in education and making vital investments in North Carolina's workforce.

(Raleigh, NC) Gov. Mike Easley today signed into law the 2001-2003 biennium budget, praising legislators for "not flinching in the face of adversity by passing a budget that preserves North Carolina's investments in education and economic...

(Raleigh, NC) Gov. Mike Easley will address the Tobacco Growers Association at their annual meeting on Friday (Feb. 2) at 10:30 a.m. in the Governor Holshouser Building at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds in Raleigh.

(Raleigh, NC) Gov. Mike Easley will announce the official weather prediction of Groundhog Sir Walter Wally Friday (Feb. 2) between noon and 12:30 p.m. in front of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in downtown Raleigh.

(Raleigh, NC) Gov. Mike Easley will deliver brief remarks to the Legislative Conference of the AFL-CIO on Wednesday, (Feb. 14) at 9:55 a.m. in the Oak Forest A Ballroom of the Sheraton Capital Center Hotel at 421 S. Salisbury Street in Raleigh.

(Raleigh, NC) Gov. Mike Easley will deliver his first State of the State Address to a joint session of the General Assembly on Monday, Feb. 19 at 7 p.m in the House of Representatives Chamber of the State Legislative Building at 16 West Jones St....

(Raleigh, NC) Gov. Mike Easley will hold a press conference to announce a major cost savings initiative tomorrow, Thursday, (Feb. 15) at 11:30 a.m. in the Governor's Press Conference Room on the first floor of the Administration Building located on...

(Raleigh, NC) Gov. Mike Easley will hold a press conference to announce a major cost savings initiative tomorrow, Thursday, (Feb. 15) in the Governor's Press Conference Room on the first floor of the Administration Building located on 116 West...